ECST Terrier Classic at Newark Tech

2025 — NEWARK, NJ/US

3rd Annual ECST Terrier Classic @ Newark Tech

91 W Market Street, Newark, New Jersey, 07103 | March 8th, 2025

Full Invitation Letter + Schedules Here

Debates Live Doc | Speech Live Doc

Events Information

Greetings all,

As we get closer to the tournament, we want everyone to be aware of the procedures for the Terrier Classic this year, 2025. We are offering all 11 speech events along with 6 debate events. Please be mindful that no triple entries are allowed. LD, Congress, and Public Forum may not double enter. Awards will be presented to the top 6 competitors in each event. Until the judging situation is finalized, we will be limiting schools to 6 entries per event. Please indicate novice competitors in individual events at the time of registration, as we will also honor the top non-advancing novice. The top three schools will receive sweepstakes awards. We will also continue the tradition of offering a special sweepstakes award to the top school with 15 or fewer entries. For further information, please go to the full invitation letter with everything you need.

Registration Information

Registration will take place between 8:00 and 8:45 AM in the main lobby of Newark Tech High School. Please ensure your team arrives no later than 8:30 AM so that we may start the day’s activities promptly. The first round will begin promptly at 9:00 AM. Drops may be done, without additional charge, on TABROOM until Friday (3/7) at 6:00 PM. Any drop afterward will incur a $10 nuisance charge. Dropped judges will incur a $125 penalty.

Judging Requirements

For the schools attending, schools must provide 1 judge for every 2 Lincoln Douglas, Parliament, and Public Forum competitors/teams, or a fraction thereof. Parliament judges will be selected from the Public Forum pool.

For the teams attending, teams must provide 1 judge for every 2 Lincoln Douglas, Parliament, and Public Forum competitors/teams, or a fraction thereof. Parliament judges will be selected from the Public Forum pool.

Teams must provide 1 judge for every 5 competitors in the Speech Individual Events or fractions thereof. A limited number of judges will be available for hire on a first come, first served basis. Please make every effort to bring your school’s required number of judges.

Judges are obligated to be available for the entire tournament. Please emphasize this with the entered judges. Experienced seniors may judge novice rounds in Lincoln Douglas and Public forum. Please mark these judges as ‘STUDENT’ in the notes section of the judge registration.

Entry Information

The current limit to entries is 6 per event. If you have more than six entries in any event, place the remaining entries on a waiting list.

Regarding the deadlines, to ensure a smooth and well-run tournament, we hope to have all registrations by Wednesday, March 5th at 11:59 PM, though we will accept late registrations through Friday, March 7th at 6:00 PM. Please adhere to this deadline. Registration will be done online at www.tabroom.com.

We intend to begin as scheduled. Students/schools arriving after 8:30 AM may forfeit their positions or entry. Any other questions can be directed to dyastremski@gmail.com or arock@essextech.org

Food & Amenities

For Debaters & Speakers, food will be available for breakfast, lunch, and other snacks. These will be for purchase “a la carte.” Purchases must be made with cash, we do not accept electronic payments.

For Judges, food will be provided for breakfast and lunch by our staff. There will be a breakfast and lunch spread along with snack items available for judges to enjoy. No purchase required, the provided food (for judges) is free.